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ArticlePerspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science2024

Ian Hohm, Alexandra S Wormley, Mark Schaller, Michael E W Varnum

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Article in Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Seasonal fluctuations of cardiovascular risk markers in patients referred to coronary angiography.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026
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  3. Seasonal trends in sperm quality in Denmark and Florida.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2026
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  7. Do moral values change with the seasons?Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  8. Risk, sanctions and norm change: the formation and decay of social distancing norms.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ian HohmDepartment of Psychology, University of British Columbia.ORCID 0000-0002-0436-7278
Alexandra S WormleyDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University.
Mark SchallerDepartment of Psychology, University of British Columbia.ORCID 0000-0003-1243-4650
Michael E W VarnumDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University.ORCID 0000-0002-2088-6086

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many animal species exhibit seasonal changes in their physiology and behavior. Yet despite ample evidence that humans are also responsive to seasons, the impact of seasonal changes on human psychology is underappreciated relative to other sources of variation (e.g., personality, culture, development). This is unfortunate because seasonal variation has potentially profound conceptual, empirical, methodological, and practical implications. Here, we encourage a more systematic and comprehensive collective effort to document and understand the many ways in which seasons influence human psychology. We provide an illustrative summary of empirical evidence showing that seasons impact a wide range of affective, cognitive, and behavioral phenomena. We then articulate a conceptual framework that outlines a set of causal mechanisms through which seasons can influence human psychology-mechanisms that reflect seasonal changes not only in meteorological variables but also in ecological and sociocultural variables. This framework may be useful for integrating many different seasonal effects that have already been empirically documented and for generating new hypotheses about additional seasonal effects that have not yet received empirical attention. The article closes with a section that provides practical suggestions to facilitate greater appreciation for, and systematic study of, seasons as a fundamental source of variation in human psychology.

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PersonalityAnimalsHumansSeasonsecologymatingseasons

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PMID37428561
PMCPMC10790523

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